South Sudan peace talks postponed

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South Sudan talks postponed

The latest round of talks to end the conflict in South Sudan has been postponed. They were due to resume in Addis Ababa. And a deadline for a deal is rapidly approaching. CCTV America’s Girum Chala has more.

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South Sudan talks postponed

The latest round of talks to end the conflict in South Sudan has been postponed. They were due to resume in Addis Ababa. And a deadline for a deal is rapidly approaching. CCTV America's Girum Chala has more.

The East African bloc mediating peace talks for South Sudan adjourned the negotiations  to allow its envoys to try to get the talks back on track after the opposition refused to take part in the latest round.

During the adjournment, special envoys from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will hold “broad consultations with South Sudanese stakeholders, the leaders of the IGAD region, the African Union the United Nations Security Council and other friends and partners of South Sudan,” IGAD said in a statement.

They will also follow up on efforts that are being made to deploy teams in South Sudan to monitor a ceasefire that has struggled to take hold. The delay comes amid sporadic clashes in Upper Nile state, which hosts the country’s functional oil fields, raising fears that the already tattered cease-fire deal, agreed in May could totally crumble.